2010 United Kingdom general election result in Glasgow
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These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010 in the city of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The 2010 General Election was held on May 6, 2010 and all seven constituencies returned Labour Party MP's.

At the 2005 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....

, all seven Glasgow seats returned Labour Party MP's, however the seat of Glasgow East was lost to the SNP following a by-election in 2008
Glasgow East by-election, 2008
The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008. The election was triggered when, on 30 June 2008, the sitting MP David Marshall stood down due to ill health....

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For individual results see Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Overall result

Party MPs +/- Seats Contested Votes % +/- %
Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

7 7 128,818 55.98 +11.71
Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

7 39,702 17.25 +2.47
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

7 31,403 13.65 -1.84
Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

7 17,432 7.58 +0.17
British National Party
British National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...

7 4,564 1.98 N/A
Scottish Green
Scottish Green Party
The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...

4 3,590 1.56 -1.43
Others 4,497 1.95

Results in Full

Constituency Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Conservative Party (UK) British National Party
Glasgow Central
Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . In its current form, the constituency was first used in the general election of 2005, but there was also a Glasgow Central constituency from 1885 to 1997.- Boundaries :The Redistribution of Seats Act...

15,908 (52.0%) 5,010 (16.4%) 5,357 (17.5%) 2,158 (7.1%) 616 (2.0%)
Glasgow East
Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow East is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It elects one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting....

19,797 (61.6%) 1,617 (5.0%) 7,957 (24.7%) 1,453 (4.5%) 677 (2.1%)
Glasgow North
Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow North is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....

13,181 (44.5%) 9,283 (31.3%) 3,530 (11.9%) 2,039 (7.1%) 296 (1.0%)
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was first contested at the 2005 general election...

20,100 (68.3%) 2,262 (7.7%) 4,158 (14.1%) 1,569 (5.3%) 798 (2.7%)
Glasgow North West
Glasgow North West (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow North West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was first used in the 2005 general election.-Boundaries:...

19,233 (54.1%) 5,622 (15.8%) 5,430 (15.3%) 3,537 (9.9%) 699 (2.0%)
Glasgow South
Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

20,736 (51.7%) 4,739 (11.8%) 8,078 (20.1%) 4,592 (11.5%) 637 (1.6%)
Glasgow South West
Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow South West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

19,863 (62.5%) 2,870 (9.0%) 5,192 (16.3%) 2,084 (6.6%) 841 (2.6%)

See also

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  • Constituencies in Glasgow
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